Top companies in London
Europe's largest fintech and AI hub by capital deployed and exits.
Ranked by current headcount across companies headquartered in London. Refreshed daily.
- 1EY· London, England, United Kingdom
- 399k employees
- Founded 1989
- 2PwC· London, England, United Kingdom
- Grant
- 296.7k employees
- Founded 1998
- 3UK Civil Service· London Colney, England, United Kingdom
- 233.3k employees
- 4HSBC· London, England, United Kingdom
- Post-IPO debt
- 195.4k employees
- 5Shell· London, England, United Kingdom
- Grant
- 193.9k employees
- Founded 1907
- 6Vodafone· London, England, United Kingdom
- Post-IPO equity
- 148.1k employees
- Founded 1982
- 7Unilever· London, England, United Kingdom
- Grant
- 137.4k employees
- 8G4S· London, England, United Kingdom
- Post-IPO equity
- 115.2k employees
- Founded 1901
- 9Aon· London, England, United Kingdom
- Post-IPO debt
- 92.6k employees
- Founded 1979
- 10GSK· London, England, United Kingdom
- 92k employees
- Founded 2000
- 11DXC Technology· Ashburn, Virginia, United States
- Post-IPO debt
- 90.1k employees
- Founded 2017
- 12ANY Company· London Colney, England, United Kingdom
- 88.8k employees
- Founded 2018
- 13bp· London, England, United Kingdom
- Post-IPO equity
- 80.9k employees
- Founded 1909
- 14Barclays· London, England, United Kingdom
- 80.9k employees
- 15Standard Chartered· London, England, United Kingdom
- Post-IPO debt
- 78.6k employees
- 16BT Group· London, England, United Kingdom
- Post-IPO equity
- 73k employees
- Founded 1969
- 17Sainsbury's· London, England, United Kingdom
- 70.8k employees
- 18Lloyds Banking Group· London, England, United Kingdom
- 62.9k employees
- Founded 1985
- 19WTW· London, England, United Kingdom
- 57.3k employees
- Founded 1950
- 20NHS England· London Colney, England, United Kingdom
- 57k employees
- Founded 2012
- 21WPP· London, England, United Kingdom
- 48.6k employees
- Founded 1985
- 22FCA Fiat Chrysler Automobiles· London, England, United Kingdom
- 48.1k employees
- Founded 2014
- 23BAT· London, England, United Kingdom
- Post-IPO debt
- 46.9k employees
- Founded 1902
- 24BAE Systems· London, England, United Kingdom
- Grant
- 44.8k employees
- Founded 1999
- 25BBC· London, England, United Kingdom
- Grant
- 42.3k employees
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London is one of the densest markets for technology talent in the world. The list above ranks the largest companies headquartered in London by current headcount, drawn from public LinkedIn and Crunchbase records. With 32,600 matching companies in our index, the depth of engineers, designers, product managers, and founders is broad across stages and industries.
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